Wilje Surname
Approximately 16 people bear this surname
Wilje Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sweden | 15 | 1:656,450 | 48,545 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Wilje (97) may also be a first name.
Wilje Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wilje Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Wilje is borne by more people in Sweden than any other country/territory. It can be found in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Wilje? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 4,908,606th most common surname on earth, borne by approximately 1 in 455,471,620 people. The last name is predominantly found in Europe, where 94 percent of Wilje reside; 94 percent reside in Northern Europe and 94 percent reside in Scandinavia. It is also the 962,660th most widespread given name in the world, held by 97 people.
The last name is most frequently held in Sweden, where it is carried by 15 people, or 1 in 656,450. In Sweden Wilje is mostly found in: Dalarna County, where 60 percent reside, Östergötland County, where 13 percent reside and Stockholm County, where 13 percent reside. Beside Sweden Wilje occurs in one country. It also occurs in The United States, where 6 percent reside.
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Footnotes
- Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
- Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
- Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
- Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Wilje
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